[Itryharder]

Life, tracking is such a great weigh to go!! and You are doing it!

Bandit, love your plans. Because of your enthusiasm I set up a thread for weekly WI's for us all. By the way, thinking about my goal of 3x a week I just did 15 min. I know that's almost nothing......but you know it's 15min. more than I had been doing. Downward and onward!

Jayohwhy (cute, by the weigh), to you! As you chime in, let us know a bit about yourself. I think you'll like this group. We have all had some success with weight loss and are working on reaching even more success. We encourage each other and ask for help. We post recipes and food ideas when we can and keep each others spirits up. Good luck!

Big Momma, how are you doing? I'm sending : that you'll have the chance to chime in and let us know. My weight skyrocketed over the holidays even trying very hard, so I'm trying hard to be OP.

Princess, how is everything? Sending for all you do.

Terri, Are you at the gym for walking? I'm getting back on my

Cherry, how are you and your dh and little guys? You've done great!

Okay, gotta run. Check out our thread for WI on Wed. Let's make it a great challenge!
Judy
234.6////???/180's and lower

[CherryAutumn]

Hi ladies. I am sorry i have really been missing in action. I guess i am happy where i am right now in weight and am losing just a pound or two a month. I am at about 158 after starting out at a high of 252.

JayOhWhy- welcome. I have done the same thing holding off afraid to eat and then going over board cause i am starving. Try to even out through the day. split up your points in nice doable sections.

Hi to Judy, bigmama, princess, bandit, terri, and Life4evr. Hope i didnt forget anyone. I will try to be better about posting. Keep on keepin on.

[ladystarrider]

Hi Ladies! I have read through your thread and will join in. I am returning to my online subscription after a number of years. I lost 60 pounds two years ago with Metabolic Research Center - they gave me a lifetime membership for riding their float in our local Christmas parade. The weight is all back and I just never got motivated to keep going back there. I remember having had great success with WW when the Points program first came out back in the 90's, so I thought I'd give it a try. I gained lifetime status at WW years ago for maintaining my goal weight, but alas those pounds also returned, so maintenance will always be an issue for me.
I have a closet full of cute clothes from when I was thinner, and I would sincerely like to be able to wear some of them. Now I am retired from teaching and ready to tackle the full program. My cholesterol is high and I have other health issues, but I am not going to let those things interfere.
I look forward to follow your posts and progress. This will be my accountability group!

[Itryharder]

Cherry, always glad to hear from you. You are an outstanding Turtle! and and and Your success is fabulous. Check in with us when you can . You are an inspiration!

Ladystarrider always room for another Turtle. This is a lovely group of gals (we've had a man join us from time to time) who support and advise each other, and then ask for help as often. let us know a bit about you and we welcome you. What you have done, I've done and I know many of the other Turtles have also. Step one is the accountability. If you'd also like to join us on our other thread we WI on Wednesdays and put our weight down as a challenge.

Gals, I'm doing very well with food. And yestereday I got on the for 15 min. which is miniscule, but longer than I had been. Today I cleaned house for an hour and then dh and I walked on the boardwalk for 1 1/2miles. Good to be outside. Chilly but sunny. Perfect walking weather.
Judy
I WI tomorrow so I'll sign in for my weight then

[jayohwhy]

cherryautumn: thanks for the advice! that's an awesome loss to maintain. congratulations! how tall are you?

ladystarrider: hi! i'm totally in your same shoes. i have regained 20 lbs instead of losing the last 15 that I wanted to. my mini goal is to fit in to the clothes I was wearing in may...

itryharder: good job with the food and exercise! I usually weigh in on mondays but I will join in on the wednesday weigh ins!

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so i've actually been very good about tracking. I think i like the ww plan vs calorie counting because i feel more encouraged to eat fruits and vegetables and also to track EVERYTHING. when I was calorie counting, I would avoid fruits and vegetables, eat junk, and also feel guilty on days when I ate more. I love my weekly points! however, i get really frustrated because my weigh in days are mondays and I usually eat the bulk of my weeklies over the weekend.

it's a two edged sword, though, because knowing I am weighing in mondays helps me be more careful during the weekends. I think instead of just aiming for weight lost, I am going to aim for how many days I track and follow the plan, and hope that the weight comes off when I do that.

my winter break is over, so i'm back to work (i'm a teacher) and back to school (i'm taking night classes). that combined with church meetings as well as the women's networking group I run are keeping me busy. hopefully having no time will help me eat less. at work I am too busy to really sit down and eat a long lunch, so every few hours I am eating something small like light string cheese or an apple or yogurt...

[Itryharder]

Hi gals,
Congrats to all of us.
Glad to see new members chiming in.

to all of us. I'm down a pound this week and although I expected more, I am glad to have turned the scale in the direction it needs to go.
Judy

[bandit2]

Hi everyone

Welcome to the new members and hope you are finding this site helpful

Judy - Congrats on your weight loss this week, nice job on turning things around

As I mentioned, stayed same this week. My biggest challenge is
weekend which for me starts Thurs evening so have to really plan ahead
for these 3 days. Tonight going to dance even though my knee is still sore,
thought I could at least dance abit and rest more in between.

For my weekend strategy, I picked up bbq chicken Thurs evening to have on hand for quick lunch/dinners - hope that helps with fastfood temptation.

Weather is great today - so warm for us in January, feels like spring.

Also goal for this year is to really get rid of house clutter. I still have
boxes in basement that haven't been opened in years and every drawer/cupboard/closet is full.

So I want to lose: weight, clutter, old clothes, empty containers, out-dated
items that no one uses.

All - have a great weekend!

[Itryharder]

hi Turtles,
Bandit, you and I are on the same wavelength with de-cluttering. My husband noticed the glasses we weren't using were taking up space that the mugs we do use . So, I'm sidetracked a bit today by taking care of that.....and in the process noticed that I've got a ton of spices I never use so I'm making a goody bag for one of my WW friends who uses all types of spices in her cooking. She'll be happy to have them, and my cupboard will be happy to have them gone.

I'll start a new thread now since we've gone a little long. See you all over at #285 Bale of Turtles Doing the Right Thing!

Judy